“I could feel my moral compass as a soldier, in danger of - I could feel the squeeze, the pressure of frustration and anger and fea...”

“Poetry is not an issue of form and enjambments. Poetry, as the word is classically used, has to do with sound and sense. It can be...”

“The wars don't end when you sign peace treaties or when the years go by. They will echo on until I'm gone and all the widows and o...”

“Fantasy has a dark side to it. It also has a light hemisphere - the power of the human imagination to keep going, to imagine a bet...”

“I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.”

“I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go...”

“Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Step...”

“Time passed solely in the pursuit of pleasure leaves no solid enjoyment for the future; but from the hours you spend in reading an...”

“All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps...”

“Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if yo...”

“When I realized I was depressed, then I started reading up about it. When I read that one in four people are depressed, I felt tha...”

“I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.”